New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-09
MEN OF MANY VIEWS.
TIMELY BITS OF COMMENT AND PERSONAL
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that of the game sent North by friends Of sporsmen
who are winterng in various plaoes In Florida, Ala
! hama and Georgia. Georgia appears to be the mos'
ent cling place. Urlah WEIGH. Of tho New Americana
of Rchhed Springs has lot Of choice spirits with MN
in Townsville who sending up vcnlson, turkey
and other wild game in quantities to make one douo'
If Georgia will not soon be destitute OF all gamc'
The letters hey write about the spring like climate arc
enough to eve rheumatic sufferers tho Southern fever
and mako one think that, in the language OF inc
eouth. ThOmasvile Is place whcro ono could iinger
forever, "lko a SICK kitten in warm cotton DILL
The tonic OF prison management IA much discussed
Roth President Cleveland AMI Governor Hill in their
annual messages touched uron it, Among tho recon-
mendatons made in the Presidents message was tha'
OF National Penitentiary. The recommendation II ono
that Affects New York deorly. was talking WIN
Fnos W. Barnes, tho Wcllsville editor, who Is mem
her ~ the New-York state Prison Commission, when
no SAID: at was some time before could understand
why in our Investigations We found 80 many prisoners
in Ncw-York penitentiarics under sentence fronD
United states cOurt,. Some OF them arc sent neio
from long distances. Thus In the Eric County Peni
Tertiary We found prisoners from Georgia. Florida ana
other Gulf States. On making inquiry we found that
| tho penitcntaries mako effort to secure these
prisonrrs They get from tho Federal Government
% cents n day something like that for each con
Wet Then they SGT him to work under contract ana
al; the profit of his lalOrs goes to mako UP good
show NJ for the financial management Of the penten-
tlary The institution is a county affair. The ohc"is
this kind which is possible. Most of the Untea
states prisoners sentenced for long terms, 80 tha
their labor extremely VALUABLE" under the con''ice
system. II never enters Into consideration among
these officials that by promoting this sort of thing we
gradually dump into the State OF New YORK inc WIS.
criminals Of the entire country, for as the terms oi
thrse men cxIire they lot loose In this etato'
Naturally the United states courts In sentencing man
do.rc 10 get him into tho best conducted PRISONS
vhcro they will have the surest confinement New
York penitentar offer this security IL Is In STUDY
In, thia nh of IN
doTse somcuhlt President 0evelands Recommendation
for the National Fen ttnuary.
FIX Assistant Secretary Charles f. Coon, who had
been listening with myself TO Mt. Barnes, sahi' i
am reminded by this that was recently IN the hhEs
County Peni,entary, whcro l had twenty six Umteu
States prisoners pointed out to me- Ihey "ero
nearly all long Prisoners countereiters or man
lbers criminals Of the sharpest and shrewdest TYPE
whom Il IL always dangerous TO discharge into large
communities liko New York and BrOoklyn. let ,na'
ia where these Will on the expiration Oh lhcn
terms, although they have been gathera iron, ah
rart, OF the country, by the way" added ME- Cooh'
at was while on this visit that learned curious
thing about petty CONTRIBUTORS The eoun1HelnI9
OF Email CONS in III . country are almost hNari"uy
Italians Who make spurious and 10 cent pieces ana
macs them of uIOn women through the petty htck-
.ering bus ness that the Itaiins carry on. there
is grratdeal more OF countere ting done IN ths way
th,n ever comes 10 light. The persons impoScd upon
too poor or too Lacking In intelligence u pu'D0
the rascals.'
Roscoe CopkIing il a great lover OF horses and owns
4 fine span which he keeps In u stable In Fifty ninth
ST. lie allows them Ia pound him over the paw
meuts hut rides out 10 tho park in street car bciO"
20 ne into bis carriage. He says OF MS ioNo ior
h0selc that he sometime thinks The making oi /"
good horse Jockey was spoiled when he turned MS
! attention TO law
Unless all the signs fail that come up from the
South the tar.n Zen ment growing there Will event
ually become the diViting s'u" IN pol
tics In that region. Every day or TWO
| meet some man of prominence from the
South who speaks with SPECIAL emphasis In favor oi
protective tariff recent v~Itor hero Was General
Alircl Tyler, who Is the founder and principal pro
motor Of the town OF Ani,tOn, which 10 one OF The
gro ~ ing places in Alabama. onl owes it, budding
ros perty TO coal AMI iron. General Tyler saii mat
the two graf problems Of the New South arr
vhisley and tariff. The wh-ey question has resolved
It,clf easy solution since about all the int'l
ngcnco OF the South IL in favor OF such heavy tiauon
or heavy license absolute Prohibition a. VIII
co-e up tho "doggcficn" AMI keep whshcy away
from the poor blacks. among whom ts uso has -
younger and growing element ~ Ia i"N"i vi PiO
ton, tho higher tho lctur'
Talking al out the Unitci States Senaiorshp con-
test In this staIc queer companions "err drawn
out IN a group OF men at an up town h"Vei io"
nights ago which quoted In Tho Language Oh ONO
NJ ,heu, who saih: "Wo have always been great
,tichicr. In tbs country for equality II was IN
l4tveen thcm-eIyes that tho Unl,cd States senate
v-is created, In which each state, large or sinaii'
has the s.nne representation fet out OF uat ch
forced attempt at equalization camo one oil the ehor
NOUS Inequalities OF our system The great Empire
st,ts with it's pOpula ion, wealth. and business many
| ,,rcs gr,,ter than that OF all tho New England
STATES ha. ouly onosi1th Of New England- repro
! sentat on in the United States senate. seo what
/ burden that imposes upon New Yorkr public men,
have watched tho distribution OF mall In The Cnltod
! States senate several mornings IN success
lion | have ,cen from 100 TO $50 letters day
u led upon the tablc, OF the New York Senator's while
thc cou,blnol mail Of the twelve New England hcni
tor, did not aggregate thirty letters. II IL no chids
pily 10 DO Senator from the State OF New YORK
have som Roscoe COnhing after tho last OF his Gus
tomary evening vi-itors had departed from his rooms
at IL or IL O'Clock at night, sit down and take up
! CORES pcndence and committee work AMI senate
WORK that kept him occupied until sunrise, ana
have known him TO como up to the Senate Chamber
ito meet tho judiciary Committee whom doubted II
he hal q single moments sleep. They tcH ms ult
Senator Miller has often been worked equally hani'
| But | believe tho Senators have more relief now
through some assistance they ret In the way OF
clerks What ] wish 10 emphasizo IL tho fact that
the affairs OF state liko New York arc ~ burensomo
s compared with those OF many Others, and II thero
Wa any way Ia which could have four Senators
instead of two without utterly breaking up Tho Old
States Rights fellows 1t would DO lar thing. 10
| Sides" concluded the taher with laugh "thcn wo
rouId elect Morton, Miller and iiscock. and be saved
! from the Obligation OF making choice between three
such good men"
I'd 10 the time OF tho New York and New England
election Cyrus W. Field went around New York wear
inC u hat and ovtrcoat that might have come over
in Noahs ark The hat was u low yeowish felt
affair, which looked IA II It might have been mado
over from a cast OF Mexican sombrcro by cutting
down the rim and crushing tho crown until it WAS
oniy two inches in height Tho 0vcrcoat WIS much
ko tho robe that the public In accustomed 10 SEQ
on the ,tlge whom Sh, lick IL imporsOnate!. It
reached almost - Mr fiehls ankles, cut loose
! | ko a sack. and had well worn fur collar which
ciuy IN cvio, like the Goth. Immediately after tho
New York AM New England election Mr.. Field dOnned
| a new ELK hat and stylish new beaver ovcrc0at. l
ran acrIss him just after the change been made,
and hin talk about tho business VI tho country was
! rs sangulno AZ his appearance was changed IIo
| said: Things the upward turn. Wo shall